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Ocado lays off 1,000 employees — December 31, 2023

Ocado, a food company based in United Kingdom, laid off 1,000 employees on December 31, 2023. At the time, the company was at the Post-IPO stage. The layoff was reported by this source.

Company
Ocado
Employees laid off
1,000
Date
December 31, 2023
Industry
Food
Country
United Kingdom
Company stage
Post-IPO
Total raised (pre-layoff)
$2000M

Source: https://www.thetimes.com/business-money/entrepreneurs/article/ocado-reduced-staff-numbers-amid-difficult-times-for-online-grocers-xrxknd58s

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